The National Service for the Prevention and Rehabilitation of Drug and Alcohol Consumption (Senda) presented the results of the youth and welfare survey 2024, applied to second medium students in the Maule region. The study, conducted in 140 establishments from 21 communes, validated 10,327 surveys and seeks to identify risk and protection factors that influence the welfare of adolescents.Log in or sign up to view+4DPR Los Ríos+4BioBioChile+4
Main findings
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general well -being: 77.2% of the students feel happy with their life and 76.9% declare to feel happy.
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Relationship with studies and free time: 68.3% are entertaining with their studies, while 39.4% made at least 60 minutes of intense exercise three or more times in the last week. However, 62.5% spend at least three hours a day on social networks.
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Emotional well -being: 32.8% feel that it is a failure and 40.5% believe that it is not good at all. In addition, 13.8% has felt sad almost every day in the last week.
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Family relationships: 13.0% report difficulty to receive affection from their parents, mothers or adult caregivers, and 35.8% find it difficult or very difficult to have conversations about personal issues with them.
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Aggressive behaviors: 10.1% have hit another person in the last year.
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Influence of the environment on substance consumption
The results indicate that the consumption of alcohol and other drugs is related to the environment in which adolescents develop. For example, drunkenness in the last 30 days was 12.1% in students with parental low control, compared to 4.9% in those with high control. Also, the consumption of marijuana once in life was 30.5% in the first group and 14.7% in the second.BioBioChile+1Cooperativa.cl+1
The survey also shows that when there is greater involvement of mothers, fathers or caregivers, consumption falls. For example, drunkenness was 11.1% among those who feel it is difficult to receive affection from their caregivers, compared to 4.8% among those who do feel it.
APPLICATION OF RESULTS
Path delivers the communal results to the municipalities and each educational establishment so that they can adjust prevention plans, guide actions in schools, incorporate interventions and improve their diagnoses. This information also allows to coordinate actions and complement the offer from different institutions.
The regional director of Senda, Ana María Rodríguez, stressed that “this is not a survey that measures prevalence or how many students consume. Its purpose is to identify those factors that influence the well -being of students, and that can influence alcohol and other drugs ».
For more information about the youth and well -being survey, you can visit the official Senda website:
